Hıdırellez Festivali Ahırkapı,Istanbul 2012
enjoyed very much with friends drinking, dancing, singing
here are the few info from wikipedia regarding the festival:)
Hıdırellez or
Hıdrellez (
Turkish:
Hıdrellez or Hıdırellez,
Azerbaijani:
Xıdır İlyas or Xıdır Nəbi,
Crimean Tatar:
Hıdırlez,
Romani language:
Ederlezi) is celebrated as the day on which Prophets Hızır (
Al-Khidr) and Ilyas (
Elijah) met on the earth.
[1] Hıdırellez starts on May 5 night and falls on May 6 in the
Gregorian calendar and April 23 in the
Julian calendar. It is celebrated in
Turkey [2] and throughout the Turkic world. It celebrates the arrival of
spring and is a religious holiday for the
Alevi as well.
Đurđevdan is the Christian variety of this spring festival throughout the
Balkans, notably areas which had become under the control of the
Ottoman Empire by the end of the 16th century.